From 04f75f288e931fc36afd3172b7229721a8e423bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: imreddyTeja <treddy0205@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:34:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix NEWS.md hyperlink

---
 NEWS.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index dc7fd155f6..6a6a4ec8d3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ v0.14.51
 -------
 
 - Add support for nonuniform data structures [2464](https://github.com/CliMA/ClimaCore.jl/pull/2464)
-- Add shared memory stencil support in CUDAExt (for spaces with non-periodic topologies and no masks) [2466](https://github.com/CliMA/ClimaCore.jl/pull/2466/commits)
+- Add shared memory stencil support in CUDAExt (for spaces with non-periodic topologies and no masks) [2466](https://github.com/CliMA/ClimaCore.jl/pull/2466)
 
 v0.14.50
 -------

From 961640509e245760dc10651f19c5b336ac4552d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: imreddyTeja <treddy0205@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:13:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Clarify behavior of invalid bcs

---
 docs/tutorials/introduction.jl | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/tutorials/introduction.jl b/docs/tutorials/introduction.jl
index 9ca12b4cdc..70dfdaa6b3 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/introduction.jl
+++ b/docs/tutorials/introduction.jl
@@ -275,10 +275,13 @@ plot(map(x -> x.w, ClimaCore.Geometry.WVector.(∇cosz)), ylim = (0, 10))
 
 sinz = sin.(column_center_coords.z)
 gradc2f = ClimaCore.Operators.GradientC2F()
-## ∇sinz = gradc2f.(sinz) ## this would throw an error
+# this throws an error when julia is launched with --check-bounds=yes
+# if ran with nomrally (auto bounds checking), behavior at the boundary is undefined
+# (i.e. it will read some random memory outside the array)
+# ∇sinz = gradc2f.(sinz) ## undefined behavior at boundary
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# This throws an error because face values at the boundary are _not_ well-defined:
+# This throws an error when bounds checking is enabled because face values at the boundary are _not_ well-defined:
 #
 # ```
 # ...